The Purpose of today's class is to inspire you to take the next step in supporting your students reading comprehension and writing through word inquiry.

Discussion of Reading Homework

Review connections from simulations

Look at common need for instruction

Review Key component of instructional research
Cognitive structures for reading comprehension and writing
ppt and reference to: The Reading/Writing Connection - by Carol Booth Olson
http://www.readingrockets.org/shows/launching/writing/

Dive into Orthography: word meaning comes from word parts
CD tool kit: word structure

Spelling does make sense?
Video - it's not all that irregular.



http://www.realspellers.org/index.php

http://www.wordworkskingston.com/

http://vocablog-plc.blogspot.com/

http://web.mac.com/peterbowers1/_Video_Lessons_Site_15/Grade_1_Morphology_Musical%21.html


a 30 min lesson to help you take the next steps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtZn3qKX7qg&feature=related